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VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 12:27 am I figure this would make for another fun thread. Share the rarest rulers from your collection! Whether they are one of a kind or your rarest are a group of Constantine I's, they are welcome here! I'll start. (In no particular order of rarity) Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Republic AR Denarius Obv: Diademed head of Venus, facing right Rev: Aeneas walking left, carrying Anchises and the Palladium, CAESAR in right field Mint: Military mint traveling with Caesar, in North Africa (struck 47-46 BC) Ref: RSC 12, Crawford 458/1, Sydenham 1013 Majorian, Western Roman Empire AE Nummus Obv: DN IVL MAIORIANVS PER AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory advancing right, holding palm branch and trophy Mint: Milan (MD in ex), struck 457-461 AD Ref: RIC X 2645 Libius Severus, Western Roman Empire AE nummus Obv: DN LIBIVS SEVERVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: Monogram of Ricimer within wreath Mint: Rome, struck 461-467 AD (Libius Severus reigned 461-465 AD) Ref: RIC X 2715 Aelia Verina (wife of Leo I), Eastern Roman Empire Obv: AEL VER-INA AVG, diademed, draped bust right Rev: SALVS RE-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing chi-rho on shield Mint: Constantinople (CONE in ex), struck 457-474 AD Ref: RIC X 656 Gelimer, Vandal Kingdom AE Nummus Obv: GEILAMIR, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: Monogram of Gelimer within wreath Mint: Carthage, struck 530-533 AD Ref: MEC 1, 28-30; BMC Vandals 4-6, Very Rare Athalaric, Ostrogothic Kingdom AE Decanummium Obv: INVICT-A ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right Rev: DN ATHAL-ARICVS, Athalaric, in military outfit, standing, holding spear and shield, S-C across fields, X in left field Mint: Rome, struck 526-534 AD Ref: BMC 69, COI 85b Theodahad, Ostrogothic Kingdom AE Decanummium Obv: INVICT-A ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right Rev: DN/THEODA/HATHVS/REX within wreath, X below Mint: Rome, struck 534-536 AD Ref: COI 90 Baduila, Ostrogothic Kingdom AE Decanummium Obv: DN BADV-ELA REX, crowned, draped, bust facing Rev: DN B/ADV/ELA/REX in four lines within wreath Mint: Rome, struck 550-552 AD Ref: MIB 89a (Tidbit for the newer members out there: I am mainly into very late Roman and post-Roman Germanic, not the most attractive coins ever but they fascinate me greatly) Edited by VisigothKing 10/08/2014 12:43 am Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 12:41 am My rarest is definitely Marius, posted the pictures before. And you could have fooled me into thinking you were into proof mint-sets. Lets make a deal: you change your name plus collecting habits and send me your coins. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 12:46 am Sure! I'll even hand deliver them in person Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 12:52 am I guess it would have to be this one Augustus Bronze 19mm 4.3g AE19 Phrygia, Dionysopolis Bare head of Emperor right Dionysos standing left, holding grapes and thyrsos 12 BC - 14 AD Von Aulock, Phrygiens II, 92-6; RPC I 3122 Very rare, 5 other examples known Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 12:58 am I've got a Marius as well.. Report this Post to the Staff
chuy1530 Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 12:59 am I'm not sure who my rarest are, but I'm pretty sure this guy is up there. Orodes I, King of Parthia, on an Elymain drachm. Also somewhat up there is my Nero. It's a billion Egyptian Tetradrachm, but with very nice metal compared to many of the ones I've seen. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 01:03 am Don't know how rare he is, but I have a tatty Vetranio Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4984 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 01:05 am probably this zeno.. Report this Post to the Staff
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 02:06 am Nice coins all! Good idea to start this topic. Here are my 'rare' rulers: THE Cleopatra VII PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Philopator. 51-30 BC. Ã† Chalkous-Sixteenth Unit (1.00 gm, 12mm 12h). Paphos on Cyprus mint. Diademed idealized head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Kreuzer p. 46, first illustration (this coin); Svoronos -; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen RARE Julius Caesar (Not really rare but wanted very much) Weight : 3.12 g Obverse Description : Head of Venus right, wearing diadem Reverse Legend : CAESAR Reverse Description : Aeneas running left, holding Palladium and bearing his father, Anchises on his left shoulder Mint : Traveling mint in Spain Primary Reference : Crawford 458/1 Edited by Dutchgulden 10/08/2014 02:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
Arael Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 03:03 am I'm pretty new to ancient coins and don't have a large budget, so my rarest emperor is Vespasian, I like him though, so it all works out! Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5181 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 05:17 am Okay, I have a few other coins that would count as "rarest rulers" (might post them later), but this is the only one I have pics of right now... a Leo I monogram: That's the second smallest coin in my entire collection, by the way (the smallest one, being from 1709, is about a century too late for this forum). Just so you can imagine how tiny it is, here's a photo of it on a British sixpence... Budget? What budget? This coin, together with something like 80% of my other ancients (including a few other uncommon rulers), came from (various visits to) a single 200-ruble bargain bin at the Izmaylovo Vernisage (that would be about $6 back then, and $5 now). Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 07:51 am While as said before, I consider my Marius the rarest for me, not a ruler but another not that easy one: Sestertius of Agrippina Senior, posthumous issue from AD42 Rome - Sear(ME)#1906 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16876 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 08:37 am Lacking an "objective" rarity scale on my database, I've simply sorted them by price paid, and filtered out the high-grade coins of commoner emperors or emperors that are "valuable" because of high demand, not low supply (like Tiberius). My top 3 are: Pupienus, sestertius, Sear#8533. If you think you've seen it before, I bought it off CU forum identity LordM. Vitellius, denarius, Sear#2201. Alas, the name is off-flan, but the portrait and reverse type are unambiguous. Bought from FORVM. Galba, denarius, Sear#2109. The name is mostly off-flan on this one, too. Bought from a local dealer. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 10:32 am Johannes Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 8:56 pm Here's a sampling of rarities from my collection, the first from Elymais, the rest from Parthia: Kamnaskires V, tetradrachm Phraataces and Musa, drachm Artabanos II, tetradrachm Vologases V, tetradrachm Mithradates I, tetradrachm Phraates II, tetradrachm Osroes I, drachm Sellwood's Unknown King (Orodes I), tetradrachm Artabanos I, tetradrachm Edited by Kamnaskires 10/09/2014 09:35 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 10/08/2014 9:01 pm Thanks BOBL! Now I have to change my underwear. Report this Post to the Staff
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